Belarusian

Also known as Belarus language, Belarusan, Belarusan language, Belarusian language, Belarussian, Belarussian language, Belorusian, Belorusian language

East Slavic language

AI overview

Belarusian is an East Slavic language spoken primarily in Belarus and by diaspora communities around the world. It matters as a key marker of Belarusian national and cultural identity, though it has faced pressure from the dominance of Russian in the region.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: East Slavic
Country: Latvia
Located in: Eastern Europe
Follows: Ruthenian
Image: Шыльда ў менскім мэтро.JPG

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has grammatical mood: imperative
has grammatical case: prepositional case
has tense: future tense
short name: белоруссаг
topic's main category: Category:Belarusian language
writing system: Cyrillic script
Commons category: Belarusian language
Wikimedia language code: be
has grammatical gender: masculine
studied by: Belarusian studies
native label: беларуская мова
category for films in this language: Category:Belarusian-language films
indigenous to: Eastern Europe
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BEL
start time: 1517-00-00
replaces: Ruthenian
P10369: Elvis Presley
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5094928
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entry in abbreviations table: белорус.
linguistic typology: stress
category for music in this language: Category:Belarusian-language music

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Encyclopedic overview

Belarusian is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland (where it is the official language in 5 bilingual municipalities), Ukraine, and the United States by the Belarusian diaspora.

Before Belarus gained independence in 1991, the language was known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian, or alternatively as White Russian. Following independence, it became known as Belarusian, or alternatively as Belarusan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belarusian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.